The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-12

tian presidents, Christian governors, Chris |
tan mayors, Christian common council.
Yet, what securing out what an upturn-
ingi what a dsmolition what resurrection
must precede this new apportionmenf,
/ do not underrate the enemy Julius
Cesar got his greatest victories By fully esti-
mating the vastness Of his foes and prepared
his men for their greatest triumph by saying:
Tomorrow King Juba viii be here with
1900 horses, 100000 skirmishers and 300
elephants" / do not underrate the vast
forces of sin and death but do you know who
commands u.s. Jehovah-Jireh. And the re-
serve corps behind us are all the armies of
heaven and earth, with hurricane and
thunderbolt- The good work of the worlds
redemption is going on every minute. Never
so many splendid men and glorious women
on the side of right to-day. Never so
many good people as now Diogenes has
been spoken of as wise man because he went
with lantern at monday, saying he was
looking for an honest man. II he had turned
his lantern towards himself he might have
discovered crank.
Honest men by the ten thousand Through
the international series Of Sunday school les
sons the next generation all through Chris
tendon are going TO be wiser than any
generation since the world stood The king
dom is coming. God can do it. No house
wife with a channels cloth ever polished a sill
yer teaspoon with more ease than Christ viii
rub off from this world the tarnsh and
brighten it up till it CLOVIS like heaven. and
then the glorious apportionment. for my text
is REINFORCED by score of other texts, when
it says Of Christ: HE shall divide the spoil
with the strong.
aBut," you say, that is pleasant TO think
have passed up into another existence, and I
shall get no advantage from that new appor-
tionment All, you have only driven me to
the other more exciting and transporting
consideration, and that is that Christ is going
to divide up heaven in the same way There
are old estates in the celestial world that have
| been in the possession of its inhabitants for
| thousands of years, and they shall remain as
| they are There are old family mansions in
heaven filed with whole generations of kin
| dred. and they shall never be driven out.
| MANY of the victors from earth have already
| got their palaces. and they are pointed out TO
| those newly arrived. Soon after our getting
there we will ask to be shown the apostolic
| residences, and ask where does Paul live, and
| John, and shown the patriarchal residences,
| and shall say: "Where does Abraham live,
| or jacob" and shown the martyr residences
4
Ridley" We will want TO see the boule-
| wards where the chariots of conquerors roll.
| l will want to see the gardens where the
| princes walked.
| We will want to see Music Row, where
| Handel. and Haydn, and Mozart, and Charles
| Wesley, and Thomas Hastings and Bradbury
| have their homes, out Of their windows, ever
| and anon, rolling some sonnet of an earthly
oratorio or hymn transported with the COM
| poser. We will want to see Revival Terrace
| where Whitefield, and Nettleton, and Pay
son. and Rowland Hill and Charles Finney
and other giants of soul reaping are resting
from their almost supernatural labors their
doors thronged with converts Just arrived,
coming TO report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset, and like the
leaves for number, are the celestial homes yet
| to be awarded, when Christ TO you, and mill
ions of others, shall divide the spoil What
do You want therel You shall have it. An
orchard There it is; twelve manner of fruit,
and fruit every month. Do you want river
scenery Take your choice on the banks of
the river, in longer, wider, deeper roll than
Danube, or Amazon, or Mississippi, if mingled
I'm one, and emptying into the sea of glass,
mingled with fire. Do you want your kind
dred back again? Go out and meet your
father and mother without the staff or the
stoop. and your children in dance of immor-
tai glee Do you want throne2 Select it
from the million FURNISHED elevations. Do
you want a crowna Pick it out of that noun
tain of diamonded coronets. Do you want
your old church friends of earth around youl
Begin to hum an old revival tune and they
will flock from all quarters to revel with you
in sacred "reminiscences. All the earth for
L hos snsN h. ~
continental and planetary distribution, and all
| the heavens for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils win bt
| a surprise to many. Here enters heaven the
soul of a man who took up a great deal Of
room on earth, but sacrificed little, and among
his good works selfishness was evident. He
just crowds through the shining gate, but il
is very tight squeeze, so that the doorkeepeI
has to pull away to get him in and this mar
expects half heaven for his share of trophies
and he would like monopoly of all his splen
dor and to purchase lots in the suburbs, *
that he could get advantage from the growth
of the city. Well, he had a little grace Of
heart, just enough to get him through, and tx
him is given second hand crown, which one
of the saints wore at the start, but exchanged
for brighter one as he went ON from glory
TO glory. And he is put in an old house ono,
1 oSSuPicA DS III anger VINO was n1lrteU OUT o.
heaven at the time of Satans rebellion
Right after him comes soul that makes G
great stir among the Celestials, and th,
angels rush to the scene, each bringing her
dazzling coronet. Who is she9 Over whai
realm on earth was she queenl In what grea
Dusseldorf festival was she the cantatrice
Neither. She was an invalid who never lef
her room for twenty years; but she wa
strong In prayer, and she prayed down revi
val after revival, and pentecost after pente
cost, upon the churches, and with her pail
hands she knit many mltten or tippet FOL
the poor, and with her continuance
she added joy to many a holiday
festival, and now, with those thin hand
so strong for kindness and with those whit.
lips SO strong for duplication, she has wor
coronation, and enthronement, and jubilee
And Christ says to the angels who hav,
brought each a crown for the glorihed in
valid; NO, not these; they are not gooS
enough. But in the jeweled vase at the RICH
hand side of my throne there is one that
have been preparing for her many year
and for her every pang l have set an anne
thyst, and for her every good deed have Sc
a pearl Fetch it now and fulfill the promis
gave her long ago in the sick room: b.
thou faithful unto death and viii give the,
| a crown ~
But notice that there is only one being il
the universe who can and will distribute tn.
trophies of earth and heaven. 1t is the di
vine ruler, the commander in chief of the cen
turles, the champion of the ages, the univer
sal conquerer, the son of God, Jesus Yot
viii take the spoils from his hand, or nevei
take them at all. Have his friendship ane
you may defy all time and all eternity; bu
without It you were pauper, though
You had universe at your com
mand. We are told in Revelation tha
Jacobs twelve sons were SO honored as K
have the twelve gates of heaven named aftel
them-over one gate of heaven Naphtali
over another gate of heaven Issachar, ovel
another Dan, over another Cad, over another
Zebulon, over another Judah, and SO on. Blu
Christ's name is written over all the gates
and ON every panel Of the gates. and have Hi
help, bis pardon, His intercession, His atone
ment must, or be a forlorn wretch forever
Ny Lord and my Godl make me and all whs
hear me this day, and all to whom thes.
words shall come, be Thy repentant. believ
ing, sworn, consecrated and ransomed fol
lowers forever.
What day it win bel This entire Assem-
blage would rise to your feet il you could
realize 1t, the day in which Christ shall il
fulhllment of my text divide the spoil Il
was great day when Queen Victoria, in tn.
midst of the Crimean war, distributed medals
to the soldiers who had come home sick ant
wounded At the Horse Guards, in presenc,
OF the royal family, the injured men wen
carried in or came ON crutches-Col Trow
bridge, who lost both feet at Inkerman: and
Capt Sayer, who had the ankle joint Of hi
right leg shot off at Alma; and Capt. Currie
ms disabled limb supported by soldier, ant
others MANNED and disfgurei. and exhausted
and with her own hand the queen cav,
each the Crimean medal And wha,
| triumphant days for those soldiers when
further ON, they received the French media